Neena B. Schwartz Memorial Lectureship in Reproductive Science
For the past 15 years, the Center for Reproductive Science has celebrated the life and work of our founder, Professor Neena B. Schwarz, with our annual NBS Lecture in Reproductive Science.
On April 15th, 2018, Professor Neena B. Schwartz, The William Deering Professor of Endocrinology Emerita at Northwestern University, passed away peacefully at the age of 91. We will continue to celebrate her legacy through the Neena B. Schwartz Memorial Lectureship, which was held virtually on Zoom at 12:00pm CDT on October 23, 2020. CRS welcomed Tom Thompson, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Cincinnati - College of Medicine.
Donations continue to be accepted for this lectureship. To make a donation in Neena's name, checks can be made out to "Northwestern University" with "Neena B. Schwartz Memorial Lectureship" indicated in the notes.
Checks can be mailed to:
Center for Reproductive Science
645 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 630-18
Chicago, IL 60611
Learn more about Professor Neena B. Schwartz. Please contact us with any questions you may have.
From Endocine News: "Remembering Neena B. Schwartz PhD: A Lab & Life of Her Making" - By Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, and Kelly E. mayo, PhD, Northwestern University
Name |
Affiliation |
Date |
| Thomas Thompson, PhD | University of Cincinnati - College of Medicine | October 2020 |
| Daniel Bernard, PhD | McGill University, Toronto, Canada | October 2019 |
| Catherine S Woolley, PhD | Northwestern University - Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences | October 2018 |
| Janice Evans, PhD | Johns Hopkins University - Bloomberg School of Public Health | January 2018 |
| Jon Levine | University of Wisconsin - Madison | December 2016 |
| Allan Spalding | Carnegie Institute of Washington | April 2014 |
| Kenneth S Korach, PhD | Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS/NIH | October 2012 |
| Susan Fisher, PhD | University of California, Los Angeles | April 2012 |
| Francisco J DeMayo, PhD | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | September 2011 |
| Linda Giudice, MD, PhD | University of California, San Francisco | October 2009 |
| Peter Koopman, PhD | University of Queensland, Australia | January 2008 |
| Blanche Chapel, PhD | Duke University | October 2007 |
| Joanne S Richards, PhD | Baylor College of Medicine | 2006 |
| J David Pruett, PhD | The University of Georgia and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine | 2005 |
| William F Crowley, MD | Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital | 2004 |